Device Management which protects cyber espionage

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H02712
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Information security
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Suzaki Kuniyasu 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 情報・人間工学領域, 主任研究員 (50357274)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 堀 洋平 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エレクトロニクス・製造領域, 主任研究員 (60530368) ; 古原 和邦 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, .情報・人間工学領域, 総括研究主幹 (70323649)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Kobara Kazukuni 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 情報・人間工学領域, 総括研究主幹 (70323649)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: コンピュータセキュリティ / 仮想化 / アクセス制御 / デバイス認証技術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) supports a diverse and wide-ranging set of device types, which include high-resolution camera, microphone and mass storage. These devices also enable eavesdropping and big data theft. In order to prevent these attacks, individual USB device is added the tamper-proof ID which is created from PUF (Physically Unclonable Function based on each circuit delay). The authentication mechanism is developed by the hypervisor and the USB device is authenticated with the ID before the OS. The developed technology can prevent the attack of BadUSB (which disguises a USB keyboard and types malicious commands).

Free Research Field

コンピュータセキュリティ